In re A.J. CA2/2

BACKGROUND

This is not the first time this case has come before us. Although mother and father both appealed the juvenile court’s November 18, 2024 orders, we considered father’s appeal first. Father did not challenge the jurisdictional findings pertaining to him. Rather, he challenged the court’s removal and visitation orders. In a nonpublished opinion, we affirmed the juvenile court’s November 18, 2024 orders removing the children from father. We dismissed as moot father’s challenge to the court’s

2 monitored visitation orders. (In re A.J. (Dec. 23, 2025, B342504).) Because mother’s instant appeal arises from the same November 18, 2024 orders, rather than repeat the factual and procedural background of this case, we incorporate by reference our previous opinion. We briefly summarize the juvenile court’s findings and orders as relevant to the instant appeal. At the combined November 18, 2024 adjudication and dispositional hearing, the juvenile court sustained the Welfare and Institutions Code section 300 petition and declared daughter and son dependents of the court under subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 300.1 The court found the underlying domestic violence incident “was a…